Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb dehumanise

2 senses of dehumanise

Sense 1
dehumanize, dehumanise -- (deprive of human qualities; "Life in poverty has dehumanized them")
       => take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down -- (reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture")

Sense 2
dehumanize, dehumanise -- (make mechanical or routine)
       => mechanize, mechanise -- (make mechanical; "mechanize the procedure")

Antonyms of adj dehumanised

1 sense of dehumanised

Sense 1
dehumanized, dehumanised, unhuman -- (divested of human qualities or attributes)

INDIRECT (VIA nonhuman) -> human -- (having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings; "human beings"; "the human body"; "human kindness"; "human frailty")

Similarity of adj dehumanised

1 sense of dehumanised

Sense 1
dehumanized, dehumanised, unhuman -- (divested of human qualities or attributes)
       => nonhuman (vs. human) -- (not human; not belonging to or produced by or appropriate to human beings; "nonhuman primates such as chimpanzees")

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